Champions Online

[Scream Man]

so I just got champions online, essentially the first MM i have ever played. I tried City of Heroes a little and WOW for a month, but neither took off with me. I wanted to get in on a game kinda early, so that I could be one of those cool types and hopefully make some friends. or something.

Anyway, its all one server I believe, so if anyone is lookingto play, my characters name is Silverbolt, so drop me a message or soemthing.

So far the game is pretty fun, but then i have no MMO's to compare it to really, so it may just be me.

[protostar8]

so I just got champions online, essentially the first MM i have ever played. I tried City of Heroes a little and WOW for a month, but neither took off with me. I wanted to get in on a game kinda early, so that I could be one of those cool types and hopefully make some friends. or something.

Anyway, its all one server I believe, so if anyone is lookingto play, my characters name is Silverbolt, so drop me a message or soemthing.

So far the game is pretty fun, but then i have no MMO's to compare it to really, so it may just be me.

I play it too. At least for a few months. I've played City of Heroes/Villains for over 2 years and since this is the company that used to work on CoX, I am going to compare them to the pre-set standard of the CoX franchise. This game is handled completely different than CoX. There are numerous things in this game that need work. Luckily, the creators seem to actually be working on them pretty quickly, something that CoX no longer does in a timely fashion if at all. The game feels a little unpolished, and that's partly b/c they did rush the shipping date after pushing it back once (it should have been pushed back another 2 months or so to really polish it up). Still, the game is fun. To me, it handles a lot like Marvel Ultimate Alliance, except you get to customize your character to look like whatever you want.

The developers did kinda short change the female toons in several aspects costume wise for no reason, so hopefully they fix that soon (missing parts that male toons have that aren't gender specific). The power system is almost completely free range. In other words, you pick any power from any power set at any time you choose to after meeting the requirements to unlock it. Basically it works just fine IMO, but makes it kinda hard to have "classes" like traditional MMO's have and I honestly like class based systems. Most toons are gonna be jack of all trades in Champions.

The game right now is also mainly built for Solo missions with only a few missions so far (I'm around 20) that require a team to take on. Also, there is no mission bonus for completing a mission if you don't have that mission where as CoX, you got a bonus for helping someone complete any mission. I honestly think that will change soon b/c it makes players not want to team b/c the main xp in the game comes from mission bonuses (like you might get 200xp from a kill, but you get 10,000 for completing a mission that took 10 minutes or less).

As far as servers go, it's all on one big server partitioned into "Instances", which are basically like mini-servers. The reason for this is that so many missions take place on the large map instead of "inside", that you don't want more than maybe 100 players on any one map. This is already a small problem b/c people can come along and "steal" a kidnapped person or item box after you do all the fighting making you have to wait for the stuff to respawn. I think it will be fixed soon too b/c it's annoying as hell.

All in all, if you like action games like Marvel Ultimate Alliance, then give it a try. If you like MMO's, give it a shot. It is one of those love it or hate it types games I think. Oh, and don't get overwhelmed in the character creator like I did (spent about 1.5 hours making my first toon b/c of all the options haha).

my global name is protostar8, current character is Proton Roar.

Edit: Forgot to mention, I played this since closed beta and it has come a LONG ways in 2 months, so the game has a ton of potential and it seems like the devs might actually be listening to players, something the CoX crew stopped doing LONG ago.

Edit 2:Also wanted to mention that if anyone wants to get a feel for how the power set system works, you can download a non-official Champion Character Builder that will let you browse the powers and plan out your character to some extent. Even in game you can "undo" powers if you have enough in game money and you get to play around with any new powers to see if you like them before finalizing the decision to keep the power, which is VERY cool.

Edited September 11, 2009 by protostar8

[Scream Man]

Ive got 2 characters now; Silverbolt got sort of stuck because i couldnt find help to beat a mission and kept dying, so i started Wyldfire who will be able to fly, and therefore avoid all the problems my Speedster has while running (Basically pulling in every badguy he runs past).

Prostar Ill keep an eye out for u in there, but i suspect u are well past my level

[protostar8]

Ive got 2 characters now; Silverbolt got sort of stuck because i couldnt find help to beat a mission and kept dying, so i started Wyldfire who will be able to fly, and therefore avoid all the problems my Speedster has while running (Basically pulling in every badguy he runs past).

Prostar Ill keep an eye out for u in there, but i suspect u are well past my level

Yeah, but I'm one of those people that likes having lots of toons. Just started one tonight. It's lvl 8 now. Proton Chill.

Of course, it might be glitched. Had some issues with it and reported it to the GM's. A few hours later, the character WAS playable when I logged off, but got annoying messages every few minutes.

[Scream Man]

heh

my Silverbolt character got scrapped and restarted. Much more powerful now.

@thescreamman is the way to find me should anyone be looking.

Edited September 14, 2009 by Scream Man

[protostar8]

To anyone playing this game, I suggest taking Mini-Mines as soon as possible. With the 2x mines advantage, they are amazing.

I am getting tired of all the unscheduled downtime and log in issues. Hopefully they'll give everyone something for putting up with it.